Transition to a virtual multidisciplinary tumor board during the COVID‐19 pandemic: University of Pittsburgh experience. Issue 6 (27th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dharmarajan, Harish; Anderson, Jennifer L.; Kim, Seungwon; Sridharan, Shaum; Duvvuri, Umamaheswar; Ferris, Robert L.; Solari, Mario G.; Clump, David A.; Skinner, Heath D.; Ohr, James P.; Zandberg, Dan P.; Branstetter, Barton; Hughes, Marion A.; Traylor, Katie S.; Seethala, Raja; Chiosea, Simion I.; Nilsen, Marci L.; Johnson, Jonas T.; Kubik, Mark W.
• Is Part Of: Head & neck. Volume 42:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 1310
• Page End: 1316
• Publication Date: 2020-04-27
• Subjects: multidisciplinary -- remote -- teleconference -- telemedicine -- virtual; Head -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neck -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Head -- Periodicals; Neck -- Periodicals; Face -- Periodicals; 617.51059
• DOI: 10.1002/hed.26195
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1043-3074

Abstract

Abstract: Multidisciplinary conferences (MDC) are an important component of head and neck oncologic care including diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. Virtual MDC allows for improved collaboration between providers at distant sites and proper allocation of health care resources in a time of crisis. When approached systematically, a virtual MDC is feasible to design and implement in a large academic medical center with multiple satellite hospitals.